Natan Chauskin Successful on Malta

Natan Chauskin, 27, emerged as the winner of the Euro 1,100 buy-in Italian Poker Tour main event in Malta taking top prize of Euro 149,560. The Belarus player went into the heads up round with 56-year-old Dutch pro Govert Metaal. The players agreed to a 2-way chop that left Euro 20,000 for the winner. Metaal was the 2013 player of the year and despite making the final table with a low chop stack, he made it through to the heads up to come away with the runner-up prize of Euro 124,000. Additional final table payouts: Christopher Brammer Euro 72,660 David Gomez Euro 54,570 Joep Raemaekers Euro 42,440 Tobias Garp Euro 31,420 James Grogan Euro 22,500 Denis Timofeev Euro 16,030